June 2
455 Geiseric the Vandal sacked Rome.
575 Benedict I
was confirmed as Pope.
597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity
and baptized by St. Augustine of Canterbury.
1098 First Crusade: The first
Siege of Antioch ended as Crusader forces took the city. The second siege began
on June 7.
1420 Henry V married Catherine of Valois.
1572 Thomas Howard 4th
duke of Norfolk and second cousin to Elizabeth I was executed for treason,
plotting to put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne and restoring
Catholicism.
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